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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Part Three: Indian Territory": "Oh China, Love, Forgive Me Now," through "I Wish You Could See Us.".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Do Come In, My Dear," how does Hernández refer to England?
(a) Old Blighty.
(b) Fair Albion.
(c) Old Dart.
(d) Land of Hope and Glory.

2. In "A Dust Cloud Can Linger," what does Rosario see coming toward them when the dust settles?
(a) A cattle stampede.
(b) Various wild animals.
(c) A wagon headed in the opposite direction.
(d) Armed men on horseback.

3. In "That's Also Something You Eat and Drink with Scones," what realization does China Iron have about the tea she is drinking?
(a) It would be more efficient to grow the tea in Argentina instead of importing it.
(b) Drinking it makes her more like the British than she wants to be.
(c) It holds the same place in British culture that coffee holds in her own.
(d) It represents the suffering of laborers.

4. In "It Was the Brightness of the Light," how does China Iron end up getting married?
(a) El Negro loses her in a poker game.
(b) She falls in love with a passing gaucho.
(c) She runs away.
(d) La Negra throws her out of the house.

5. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the name of the Colonel who is in charge at the fort?
(a) Moreno.
(b) Ruiz.
(c) Hernández.
(d) García.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Do Come In, My Dear," what is the Colonel's perspective on the importation of European livestock?

2. In In "The Whip and the Rod," on page 116, when China Iron asks Liz why she is being so domineering, what does Liz reply?

3. In "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," what is the reason for the feast at the Indian encampment?

4. In "Everything Covered Me like a Second Skin," how does the narrator indicate time passing rapidly?

5. While they are still traveling in "Most Were Naked and Beautiful," when does the group expect to see "their" gauchos again?

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